Proven Berry Plants i r KNOTT’S BERRY PLACE i r Trees and Vines 
Strawberries for Profit 
Part of a forty acre planting* of Klondyke Strawberries near Buena Park, Calif. 
This district shipped over seventy-six carloads of Strawberries last season 
besides supplying* the local markets several times this many. 
Owing to our mild climate and long 
fruiting season, strawberry plants, if re¬ 
produced year after year, in California, 
rapidly lose their vitality. Until late 
years we have shipped our strawberry 
plants from the east or north and plant¬ 
ed them here. We kept all blossoms 
picked off and allowed them to make 
plants the first season, and these plants, 
only one season removed from a cold 
climate, were the plants that we sold. 
This careful practice has produced many 
successful patches. The past two sea¬ 
sons we have gone one step further, we 
have had our strawberry plants grown 
in the north or east. The thrift and 
vigor of the fields grown from these 
plants and the enthusiastic letters w T e 
are getting from growers everywhere, 
proves the wisdom of this step. We 
are having most varieties grown this 
year in Oklahoma, three miles from the 
Arkansas line, by a man who has 
worked for years in our nurseries here, 
and who thoroughly understands the 
business. A few varieties we are still 
having grown in the mountains of 
Northern California and in Oregon. 
While this practice practically elimi¬ 
nates our profit in the strawberry plant 
business, we have the satisfaction of 
knowing that we are giving our cus¬ 
tomers the very best plants obtainable 
anywhere. You will notice that we are 
delivering these thrifty, vigorous cold 
climate plants as cheaply as good local 
plants can be sold. 
There are two kinds of strawberry 
plants. The first is plants grown for 
plants alone from a new planting, the 
blossoms and berries having all been 
kept off. It costs money to grow this 
kind of plants, but the results you get 
will warrant the cost. The other kind 
of plants are surplus plants taken from 
a fruiting field and many growers will 
give you these for nothing if you dig 
them and they will prove very expensive 
plants at that price. Whether you buy 
plants from us or not be sure and only 
set plants that were grown for plants 
alone. 
There are several methods of setting 
out strawberry plants, each the best 
under certain conditions. The method 
most often used by the larger commer¬ 
cial growers is to set the plants three 
feet apart each way, in February or 
March, and keep the blossoms picked off, 
allowing the plants to make runners the 
first summer to fill out the rows. This 
method requires only 5000 plants per 
acre, but you get no fruit the first 
summer. 
In smaller plantings, especially if the 
grower wishes berries the first season, 
the plants are set one foot apart in 
either single or double rows and the 
runners are kept picked off. If this 
method is used the plants may be set 
out any time from October until April. 
The earlier planting producing the 
larger crops the first year. This method 
requires from seventeen to thirty thou¬ 
sand plants per acre, the exact number 
depending on how far apart the rows are 
spaced. 
In most cases if the land is very 
sandy and not very retentive of mois¬ 
ture, or if there is considerable grade 
to the rows, the plants should be set 
out on the flat, or level with the ground 
without any ridges. If the land is very 
flat so that the water does not run free¬ 
ly in very small rows, or if it is heavy 
or very retentive of moisture, then the 
plants should be set on small ridges. If 
ridges are used they are usually made 
wide enough on top to accommodate two 
rows about a foot apart, one near each 
edge of the ridge. 
Do not manure strawberry land before 
setting the plants. You can fertilize 
after the plants are growing well, in the 
irrigation furrow between the rows if 
you wish. 
Do not plant strawberries on alkali 
land. They are very susceptible to al¬ 
kali and will do no good on land that is 
alkaline, although it may grow some 
other crops successfully. And only plant 
strawberries where there is an abundant 
supply of water which may be had often. 
Prices —Our prices quoted include the 
mail or express charges. In ordering 
strawberry plants in thousand lots or 
more, deduct two dollars per thousand 
from the prices quoted and we will ship 
them directly to you from the grower, 
you to pay the express, which we believe 
will in no case amount to more than 
$2.00 per thousand. This will cost you 
no more and will save much delay; your 
plants reaching you much fresher. 
SEE CULTURAL DIRECTIONS, PAGES 19-20-21 
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